Meaning of the nameMailza
- Female
- Mail-za
Mailza is a Brazilian feminine name whose ending recalls -ilza, a name-forming element of uncertain origin recorded in the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,442 people named Mailza, the 6,440th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 43, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Mailza is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,442
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,440
- Median age
- 43 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,404
- people
Mailza in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Mailza, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (358 people).
1,439 women 0 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Mailza is most common
States with the highest share of people named Mailza in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.003%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 425 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 226 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 199 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 74 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 54 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 45 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 44 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 40 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 40 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 37 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 31 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 30 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 28 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 25 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 24 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 21 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 21 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Mailza
The origin of the name Mailza is uncertain. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes Maílza, with an accent, among the Brazilian names with the ending -ilza, and gives the origin of that ending as uncertain: two hypotheses, a Germanic word for 'nymph' or a diminutive of Elisabete. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,442 people named Mailza, with a median age of 43. The records are almost always female and are concentrated among people born between the 1960s and the 1990s, with the peak in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilza) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Mailza
What does the name Mailza mean?
The meaning of Mailza is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Mailza in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,442 people with the first name Mailza, which ranks it number 6,440 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Mailza a boy's or a girl's name?
Mailza is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,439 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Mailza most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Mailza (425 people), according to the 2022 Census.
Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Mailza with a source. See the methodology.